Device for holding and carrying shoe parts



D. L. BENDER.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND CARRYING SHOE PARTS.

APPLICATIONYHLED MAY 22, 1920.

1 357,439, Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

H L. Bender UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID L. IBENDER, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND CARRYING SHOE PARTS.

Application filed May 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that DAVID L. BnNDnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania,has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holdingand Carrying Shoe Parts, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to devices for holding and carrying shoe parts.

The old method used in shoe factories for holding the various parts ofthe shoe together before assemblage consists of tying the parts inbundles by means of twine, which is very inconvenient and expensive andthere is danger of the twine breaking and the various parts beingseparated.

It is therefore an object of the invention to Provide a device which maybe used indefinitely for holding various shoe parts without the dangerof the parts becoming separated or lost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this charactercapable of holding the various forms of shoe parts so that they may beconveyed to the desired place for assemblage.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which isadjustable to accommodate the size of the parts placed onthe rack.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theimproved construction and arrangement of parts to be herein- .afterdescribed, fully claimed and illus trated "in the accompanying drawing,in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation and sectional view of a holding deviceconstructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view showin the position of the centralguide,

*ig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view of the foot formed on each standard,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device used. for holding parts havingmany sides, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the holding membershown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a base having ts longitudinalmarginal edges extended back upon. the base toward each Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

1920. Serial No. 383,597.

other to provide guides 65, the purpose of which will be hereinafterdescribed. A guide? is formed at the intermediate por tion of the base 5by striking two wings 8 and 9 from the base, and folding the wing 8 overthe wing 9. This permits the base t be constructed from sheet metal.

Standards 10 and 11 are provided,'each of said standards being formedpreferably of wire, one end portion of each standard being flattened toprovide a foot 12, each of said feet being slidable through the guide 7in spaced parallel relation to each other, the extremities of said feetbeing upturned to prevent disengagement of same from the guide v7. Themajor portion of each standard is eX- tended upwardly in right angularrelation to the foot thereof, the base of the standard 11 being extendedbaclr upon its foot in spaced parallel relation thereto and thenupwardly to provide a recess 13 while the standard 10 is extendeddirectly upward from its foot. Each standard is bent at intervalslongitudinally thereof to provide hooks 14, which incline downwardly,said hooks being disposed in spaced relation to each other. The upperend of the standard 11 is formed into a hook 15 while the upper end ofthe standard 10 is formed into a loop.

The shoe parts designated as A are disposed between the standards 10 and11, a flexible member such as a length of twine 16 is secured to thebase portion of the standard 10. After a certain number of parts havebeen placed in position, a portion of the twine 16 is extended upwardlyin parallel relation to the standard 10, passed over the bundle of partsand then engaged be- 1 neath the adjacent hook of the standard 11. Thenext bundle of parts is placed on top of the first bundle and the twineextended upwardly in parallel relation to the standard 11, and over thetop of the second bundle This member consists of a length of resilientwire which is bent at its intermediate portion to provide an eye 18,said length diverging from the intermediate portion and then extended inangular relation to the diverging portion to provide arms 19 A foot 20is formed at the end portion of each of the arms 19, said length of wirebeing extended from each foot toward each other in converging relationto provide arms 22. The end portions of each of the arms 22 is extendedin angular relation to said arms to provide hook members 23,'said endportions then being extended in spaced parallel relation to the hookportion to provide pintles 24: and clamps 25. A spring 26 is disposedbetween .the end portions of said arms and is held in position by meansof the pintles 2 1 of each arm. This spring is intended to force theclamps toward each other and also the hooks 23 toward each other so asto firmly fasten the holding member in position. The

Y eye 18 of the holding member 17 is intended simple.

to engage the hook 15 of the standard 11, said .member being disposedbetween the standards with the feet 20 in the guides 6 of the base. Theend portions of the arms 22 are intended to be disposed in the recess 13of the standard 11, with the clamps 25 in engagement with the base ofthe standard 11. The three cornered parts above mentioned are disposedbetween the standards and the arms 19 of the holding member and aresecured in the same manner as the parts large enough to hold variousparts of cloth ing in clothes factories, so thatits utility isunlimited.

' What isv claimed is 1. A. device of the character described comprisinga base, adjustable standards extending, from said base, a holdingmember. detachably engaged with the base and one of the standards, and aflexible memberalternately engaging the standards for holding. materialbetween said standards and holding means. j

2. A device of the character described y comprising a base, adjustablevstandards mounted; on said base, hooks carried bythe standards, holdingmeans detachably engaged' with the base and one of the stand' I It mayalso be used ards, said means being adjustable with said standard and aflexible member alternately engaging said standards at intervals andextending laterally of said holding means.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base, a guide formedon said base, a pair of standards having feet, said feet being slidablydisposed in said guide in parallel relation to each other, spaced hookscarried by each standard, and a flexible member adapted to bealternately engaged -with the hooks of said standards.

i. A device of the character described comprising a base, adjustablestandards mounted on said base, hooks carried by said standards, aholding frame having one end thereof engaged with one end of one of thestandards, the other end portion of said frame being divided, saiddivided portion interlocking to provide clamps for engagement with thebase portion of said standard, and a spring carried by said interlockingportions for urging said clamps into engagement with the other endof'said standard.

5. A device of the character described comprising a base, adjustablestandards mounted on said base, hooks formed in said standards in spacedrelation to each other, a holding member comprising a length of materialhaving an eye at its intermediate portion adapted to engage one of saidstandards, said length diverging from the eye, the

major portions of said length being extended from the ends of thediverging portion in angular relation thereto to provide a plurality ofarms, feet formed at the end portions of said arms, the end portions ofsaid length converging from said feet toward and crossing each other,clamps formed on the extremity of said end portions adapted to engageone of said standards, and means carried by said end portions for urgingsaid. clamps into engagement with said standard.

6. A device of the character described comprising a base, havinglongitudinal marginal edges extended back toward each other to provideguides, a guide formed at the intermediate portion of said base, a pairof standards, each standard having a foot on one end slidably disposedin the second mentioned guide, each of said standards having hooksformed therein in spaced relation to each other longitudinally of thestandard,

one of said standards being extended back upon its foot in parallelrelation thereto and then upwardly to provide a recess, a hook memberformed on the upper end of said standard, a holding member comprising a.frame, the intermediate portion of one end of the frame being extendedbeyond the sides of the frame for engagement with thehook on the end ofthe last mentioned standard, and means carried by the other end of saidframe for engagement with the marginal guides'of the base, the portionof the last mentioned end of the frame between said feet being disposedin said recess in engagement with said standard, and a flexible memberadapted to alternately engage the hooks of the standard between saidframe.

7. A device of the character described comprising a base, standardsextending from said base, each of said standards consisting of a lengthof material having spaced loops formed therein, said loops incliningtoward 10 In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 15 signature.

DAVID L. BENDER.

